Set Bonus question

[Shadowreaver]

Lets say I have an empowered piece of a set and a Non empowered piece of a set equipped (same set) do I still get the set bonus? I have one piece of the empowered Oathbreaker's set (The Gun) but not the shield I DO have the full non empowered set so would I still get the bonuses? Am curious as I am approaching the level to be able to use the empowered one but the bonuses HAVE helped my Pyromancer a good deal.

[anachoret]

Nope, if you check the set names closely -- regular, empowered, and mythical are all separate sets.

[Shadowreaver]

Alright thanks! I'll be skipping the weapon upgrade then as it'd be a downgrade overall.

[Childe Roland]

I'm pretty sure that I've seen either devs/playtesters/other experts say that the sets work even with a mix of regular/empowered/mythical versions. I have not tested it myself however.

[Takeda]

Originally posted by Childe Roland:

I'm pretty sure that I've seen either devs/playtesters/other experts say that the sets work even with a mix of regular/empowered/mythical versions. I have not tested it myself however.

Just tested full mythical perdition with normal and empowered swap in - no set bonus applied.

[frdnwsm]

The sets are separate entities and do not combine bonuses.

[Childe Roland]

Originally posted by Takeda:

Just tested full mythical perdition with normal and empowered swap in - no set bonus applied.

I might have been mistaken or it might have changed at some point. Could have sworn I saw someone say something along those lines at one point, though.

From https://steamcommunity.com/app/219990/discussions/0/1738882605424858144/

Originally posted by Geralt Lupardine:

There is a reason for low lvl set items though. When you equip set pieces from different lvl ranges, they all count towards the set, so you can use lvl 20 items to complete lvl 82 mythic

Edit: Disclaimer: I have not tested this myself and he might be completely wrong. Sounds like that might indeed be the case.

[KG]

Originally posted by Childe Roland:

Originally posted by Takeda:

Just tested full mythical perdition with normal and empowered swap in - no set bonus applied.

I might have been mistaken or it might have changed at some point. Could have sworn I saw someone say something along those lines at one point, though.

From https://steamcommunity.com/app/219990/discussions/0/1738882605424858144/

Originally posted by Geralt Lupardine:

There is a reason for low lvl set items though. When you equip set pieces from different lvl ranges, they all count towards the set, so you can use lvl 20 items to complete lvl 82 mythic

Edit: Disclaimer: I have not tested this myself and he might be completely wrong. Sounds like that might indeed be the case.

If sets ever worked that way (which I doubt) it was changed well before AoM was released. The reason low/mid level sets exist is probably somewhere between "because GD was different way back when" and "to make leveling alts more fun." Some are legacy items that made more sense pre-AoM or pre-release, some are just designed to be helpful early on for that 3rd or 4th character.

[kvin11]

Originally posted by Childe Roland:

I'm pretty sure that I've seen either devs/playtesters/other experts say that the sets work even with a mix of regular/empowered/mythical versions. I have not tested it myself however.

Whoever said that didn't know what they were talking about, sets have never worked that way.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Sets have never worked like that as far as I know. If they ever did it was a bug.